Unabashed rant: What I object to about specific movies

[Moirai]

*Originally posted by dougie_monty *

**But I have a point her I consider important, and one which Ankh_Too, EJsGirl, and others may want to ponder, or at least provide a suitable answer for:
In 1993, Spielberg’s movie Jurassic Park was ballyhooed fully in the broadcast and print media. I made no plans to see it, of course, and would have been content to ignore it altogether. But the matter was dropped squarely in my lap by a supervisor at the place I was working–I’ll call him Victor–when quite a few of the employees had seen it and liked it. Victor asked me if I had and I plainly said, “No, I’m not interested.” He had enough character not to rag me or jeer me because I had not chosen to see Jurassic Park, but I dread the hard sell some people impose on their co-workers, relatives, and friends, which would connote some weirdness on my part for not going along with the crowd. I have enough civility not to bite the head off someone who asks me, or walk away without a word. I would be content to have a way to answer those who want me to see a movie, without appearing rude or weird to them. That doesn’t seem too much to ask… **

You did say you had a point to make “her?” I was hard pressed to find it… What about Jurassic Park was so bad that you were never planning to see it? As I recall, the commercials weren’t THAT bad.

If you are looking for a nice way to tell people “fuck off, I don’t want to see that movie,” how about “gee, but I don’t like (insert movie genre here) films.” That way, you can avoid seeing monster movies, dinosaur movies, comedy movies, porno movies, karate movies, or whatever. Duh.

And BTW- walking away without a word is rude.

Sorry, I found no point to ponder.

[Moirai]

Oops, my bad- read the post wrong, thus the “walking away w/out a word” comment.

Never mind…

[dougie_monty]

But I have a point her I consider important,

That should be “here,” not “her”! I’m sorry!
To answer your question, EJsGirl, I simply eschewed all movies, at this point, regardless of topic, story line, or whatever. I couldn’t tell you anything that happened in Jurassic Park to save my life! (A few years before, a younger woman I’ll call “Liesl,” for whom I was doing driving, shopping and yard work, had some chores of her own and asked me to sit in the living room and watch City Slickers, a movie starring Billy Crystal (whom I’ve only seen occasionally as an Oscar host, and that for only a few minutes each time). She didn’t stay in the living room–she went off to take care of matters in her bathroom and bedroom. I had decided not to watch movies at all, and sneaked outside and sat in the car, waiting until I was able to go home. (This is the same person who did get me to see *Forrest Gump, Scent of a Woman, Babe *(about Babe Ruth), The Andromeda Strain, and a semi-documentary about the game-show scandals of the late 1950s. She knew about my idiosyncracies and did not dwell on my sudden departure, though I am sure that she considered it quite rude–as I later admitted.

[dougie_monty]

That way, you can avoid seeing monster movies, dinosaur movies, comedy movies, porno movies, karate movies, or whatever. Duh.

I agree. I would like to know just what I am getting into, which is why I earlier used the phrase ‘look before I leap.’ Fine and dandy. If it’s sci-fi movies, or violent cop movies I avoid, that’s what I’d like to know at the outset.
It’s irritating, however, when someone–such as the client supervisor (my own immediate supervisor) at the workplace where “Victor” asked me about Jurassic Park, asks me, as he once did, about movies; he seemed astonished when I told him I don’t go to the movies at all–as if such abstinence might be a function of insanity or the state of being a total wet blanket.
I don’t go to the extreme of telling someone (not one who has authority over me!!), “Gad, you went to see that movie? What do you have in your head in place of a brain?!”
That’s NOT my style!
–dougie_monty